"This year, Ancient City's projected GDP for the fourth quarter is expected to rise 40% year-on-year and 17% quarter-on-quarter. We have also made major advances in industries such as equipment manufacturing and healthcare. At the same time, the newly added extraordinary service sector is developing rapidly and has even become a new calling card for our city."
"However, we still face many problems. The most urgent ones are the obvious shortage of medical and educational resources caused by the surge in outside immigrants, as well as the continuously rising proportion of students choosing specialized majors. Our related service industries can no longer keep up."
"Personally, I believe the most urgent matter is controlling housing prices. They have already doubled in the past two months, and demand still exceeds supply. Many people have posted online that while they were halfway through viewing a property, the original owner demanded a price increase."
At a meeting of the Ancient City Government, Xue En, acting as the "Secretary-General," spoke at length.
He had effectively begun his regular duties. Under the Eastern Kingdom's system, presiding over official work meetings was the true mode of official operations.
Many matters had to be brought before a meeting before a plan could be finalized, because this was a system of collective responsibility. If something went wrong, it counted as the government's responsibility. Decisions could be made privately, but if someone forced them through and something went wrong, the blame would fall entirely on them for acting on their own. Even if they succeeded, they might still be accused of bypassing organizational procedures.
Under this system, the "offices" at every level of government were the actual administrative bodies. They drafted plans, arranged meetings, ensured everything moved forward steadily, and kept records to divide responsibility.
"We cannot continue letting this